@parasoruburuu - @Aalasteir (Q) - Index

Q: What video games do you enjoy, and why?

currently i'm getting back into tf2 which used to be my favorite game back in 2014 because i had lots of fun playing on one of the community servers (and also was a silly kid keke), which is also the case now too. i forgot how fun it could be outside of casual mode :D

i also enjoy various platformers/rhytm games, mostly because first ones remind me of my childhood (i really liked to play spyro:a hero's tail and chicken little) or are generally very entertaining to get through(my favs ones include A Hat In Time, Psychonaunts, and Pizza Tower), and rhytm games help me get that extra bit of dopamine that i lack most of the time or just fill me with energy for drawing

Q: What makes a good Steam profile design?

imo the most important aspect is readability & consistency of aesthetic value

e.g. it shouldnt be too long/cluttered and should be consistent with a certain theme/color/whatever the user is going for. it can also work if certain elements are tied together by theme, and the other support them by color, like a matching game :]

also personally i loathe profiles with huge poorly animated anime pictures with overwhelming effects and animation in them..its just too vulgar and reeks of bad taste

Q: What kind of music do you like listening to? You really like Graham Kartna's music, how did you discover that you liked it?

most of the time i listen to incelcore/weirdcore/jungle/indie-rock/alternative/experimental/hip hop music, but its really hard to define specific genre limits since it depends heavily on my current mood

not sure if naming my favorite artist would mean much, so if i could try and find one common trait of tracks i enjoy it would probably be that they are either edgy or funky/silly

i listen to a variety of ambients/soothing sad tracks as well, but usually prefer to keep myself away from them (unless it would benefit the art piece im working on atm) to avoid spiraling into worse mood

i knew of Graham's songs from the animations with ENA (which i didnt watch until dec 2024.....) and one day a few years ago i was just thinking about character lore i was planning and i imagined it with the slowed version of 'Browser History' accompanying the events. from then on i became more curious in his older discography and began actively listening to more tracks that he produced.. my most favorite ones are "lssBrazil TMP", "cigSmilesLA TMP", "Like a Cab Outta Hell", "It's Unanimous..", "The O'shaughnessy" and the "Les Multimedias" :]

Q: What do you mean when you say you sleep for an undefined amount of time? Have you had trouble with sleeping?

yes.. because i ended up sitting at home instead of going to uni, i don't have an established sleeping schedule for ~5 years, which allowed me to be more free about how and when i do stuff in my free time (all the time?), which also meant that my sleep quality would sometimes spike negatively

most of the time i either have troubles falling asleep for a few hours when i go to bed, or have troubles staying awake and not sleeping for half of the day.. its a 50/50 gamble chance and it really sucks :]

i tried fixing my sleeping schedule and sometimes it did work, but i always end up sitting too late again. i guess part of the reason why that happens is because majority of the people that talk to me (commissioners/art pals) are foreign and we chat the most when it's nighttime/morning for me, and day/evening for them

also working (drawing) at nighttime is just better imo. theres less distracting factors and human presence overall which helps me feel more focused

Q: You both really like 2D and 3D animations. What do you think are the differences between them?

i think its mostly the fact that for 2d you need to draw a bunch of assets for efficent work, and for 3d its a matter of making a single model and then working around that.. to be honest im not qualified enough to talk about this, since i still havent progressed much in my learning of animation :o

Q: Tell us about your collection of pins and plush toys, you especially like plushes of cats and mice.

since my childhood i really liked plushies, but didnt have a lot of them, since they already took a decent amount of empty space of my shelves, and later on my mom would always ask why i even bother with such kiddie stuff (not in a mean way)

later when i began taking comms and had more spare income, i would gradually make it a habit to order a plush of a cute/ weird looking cats i'd found online.. i even thought of them as my friends and would take care of them/lay them all to bed with me (untill there wasnt enough room for every plush that is....)

then came my mouse era and it all started from Nazrin(from Touhou Project). currently from the rodents i have her, Gosig Ratta (and a more fluffy variation of it), Misty mouse (squishmallows) and Brick the rat (from Pizza Tower)

my favorite plushies (aside from rodents) include: a big pillow-like calico cat, a few cats that are shaped like barrels(?), small hand-made blue kitty with star pattern fabric, a very long striped cat with silly face and button eyes, a few Pusheen plushies (cat plushies are either grey or black because I had a grey cat in my home city, and my first own cat has black fur) and two toys from my childhood - a white lion which my mother brought to me while i was in the hospital during epidemic i caught at a very young age, and a penguin which i bought back in my home city when i was walking around the city centre with my old best school friend

as for pins, i used to wear them on my backpack, but after losing a few (RIP to my homies Wheatley & Aperture Science logo, they were da real ones..), i either pinned them on the insides of the backpack, or to the board above my desk for safekeeping. though some of them are probably still stored inside the boxes i had left from moving out

// i also have some photos if it's allowed to be included https://imgur.com/a/kE5hP8F //

rodent corner

Q: What makes a good fandom plush? A lot of them are very time-limited and can be difficult to get.

cuteness and resemblance of the original character of course!!

although its true they're hard to get, if the plushie is popular enough (luckily!!) there's going to be bootlegs/resells of it, and thats when i can get my hands on them :]

Q: Do you feel like you’ve struggled with collecting too many items?

yes..very yes (。﹏。*)

it was especially noticable when i was moving in/out a year ago; packing all the toys, little pins and figurines complicated stuff and i was really worried that i can damage/lose them in the process, which thankfully wasn't the case, but.. it's hard to find space for everything and i feel it's been a nuisance for some time now.. still, i wont be doing anything about it because i have troubles with letting go of things and i value my possessions (too much?)

Q: ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ You're blue cheese fan #1, but you haven't tried blue cheese yet. Are you afraid you're going to be addicted to it? 

no, im just scared of the mold D:

Q: What is HS, and why are you a fan?

HS stands for Homestuck and i started reading it when i was around 16-17 years old, nearing the end of high school. i loved almost all parts of it; the characters, THE MUSIC (incredible), janky sprites and animations, the overall lore and mechanics of it - it all had a sort of charm i really enjoy still to this day (not applicable to hs^2 though)

later on i also read 'Problem Sleuth' and loved it. would recommend checking both of these webcomics or at least giving them a try :]

Q: Is the reason you don't have mice because you have two cats?

yep. people around me (my partner, who i live with & my mother) were already concerned with me having a cat, and getting a second one was really.. a bit too much (but its going very well so far)

honestly if it would be my decision to make, i'd get a rat or a mouse.. maybe another cat too.. some of my friends used to joke that im the type of person to end up as an 'old cat lady' if i would be left alone, and i guess its kinda true because real (and plush) animals bring me comfort, so thats why i surround myself with them

Q: How do you develop your art style?

i have no idea @ - @

i used to have a solid plan on how to make it work and really 'develop' my art style, with proper steps to take and larning curves i'd follow.. but nowadays i just draw stuff.. i draw what i like, how i like and how i feel at the moment, accompanied by my favorite artists' works as references for certain parts, and by my favorite tracks for extra motivation & inspiration

i would even say that i don't feel like i have a specific art style.. my only defining trait is probably the blue mouse character, and her stylization can vary from one art piece to another

Q: Is blue your favorite color?

what makes you think that..?? ((yes)) (but i also like most of the cold colors overall, along with red)

Q: You like to use 2 symbols instead of 1 or 3 in your posts and art, you and your character use '!!', '??' and '..' in the speech.. Why do you think that stuck with you?

reading Homestuck made me want to have my own 'quirk' in some way, and i guess i decided to stick with that one :p

Q: What do you like about creating web comics?

thats a funny questions, because i wouldnt define myself as a webcomic artist yet.. (its just getting started)

..but, aside that - i'd say i like the fact that's its way simpler than making normal arts. it also allows for much more character interactions and i feel as like the readers can get to know me/my characters better through the little comics

Q: What’s your advice on creating art?

don't be afraid of asking other artists questions; use references more often, but dont over rely on them; challenge yourself and draw difficult stuff, even if it seems too hard at first, set goals and work on smaller tasks to make it easier; and most importantly - remember to have fun :D

Q: What makes a good OC design, in your opinion?

limited color palette & lack of overly detalisation.. bonus points if the character's personality can be partially read just by looking at them (but not completely based on stereotypes/archetypes)

Q: Squeak squeak!

squeak squeak indeed :]